clockwise
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Light can rotate clockwise, known as right-circular polarization, or counter-clockwise, known as left-circular polarization.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Players release the stone down the pebbled ice sheet in such a way that it curls either clockwise or anti-clockwise so they have more control over it.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
The typical group rotation pattern occurs in a clockwise fashion.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
But there is one thing the experts say you should always do, and that’s stir the porridge clockwise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
Her mother was left handed and had wrapped clockwise.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Vocabulary lists containing clockwise
Middle School Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - Middle School
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Geometry (Base List)
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